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It's an 01 Jeep in the Laredo trim. It can only be a loving Grand Cherokee, Jesus Christ, of all the things for you to get hung the gently caress up on. It's a TRIIIIIIIIIM....... ON ONE MODEL (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Tubesock Holocaust posted:Part of me hopes his mechanic burns him so good and hard that he eventually swears off Jeep ownership and drives something that's fitting for dimwits like him. Like a 2005 Cobalt. I'd give him a beater '93 Suzuki Sidekick instead
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May 23, 2016 22:22
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Does the body a 4.0 is installed in really matter for the circulation direction?
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May 23, 2016 22:23
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In some cases. I'm about 99.99% sure YJs had a water pump that spins the other direction. And the various bodies have different flange patterns and stickout lengths on the drive flange, and also different hose barb lengths and shapes. For a 2001 4.0L (already more info than he gave at first) you could have: XJ: AW3412, ACDelco 252191, Gates 42004 TJ/WJ: AW7164, ACDelco 252799, Gates 42293 One year earlier and the TJ would be like the XJ, but the WJ would still be different I think. One year later and it doesn't matter anymore (now that we know it's a 4.0L.) He sure loving knew it was a Laredo, though. Which doesn't matter at all and was a trim level they only used on a half dozen vehicles available over a span of several decades.
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May 23, 2016 22:34
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And THIS poo poo right here is why I am glad I have video every time I ride. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_DplTXpCzk This dumb oval office didn't even realize she almost hit someone. Glad it was in the city and in traffic.
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May 23, 2016 23:04
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FogHelmut posted:The 91 is the worst road I've ever driven on. Holy poo poo. Not just the construction, or the lovely broken down vehicles that overheat trying to climb the slight incline, but for some reason the leftmost lanes seem to end and merge right while they add a lane on the right side which ends up becoming exit only a few miles later. Then you have the 55, 57, 241, and 71 all feeding into it. It's just hosed. They should put another freeway through Chino (if anyone can stand the smell of the feed lots), and just blast another road through the mountains connecting Orange County to the 15. The 241 dumping only into regular eastbound lanes the thing that chaps my rear end the most. There was talk of another road shooting across the south side of Corona that would join up with Oso Parkway on the other side. A tunnel was mentioned, I don't think that got anywhere. The most hilarious thing is the extra HOV toll lanes they are currently building. You can only enter those lanes at the 15(from the 91 and from north and south 15) and then again around Green River...
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May 24, 2016 00:27
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nm posted:My understanding is that OCs contract with the 91 toll lanes prohibits them from building new lanes or a new freeway. Which is hilarious and horrible. Pretty sure that agreement either aged out or was bought out. The 91 was widened a little between Green River and the 241 ramps soon after. One of the Shovel Ready stimulus projects IIRC.
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May 24, 2016 00:32
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Bogatyr posted:Pretty sure that agreement either aged out or was bought out. The 91 was widened a little between Green River and the 241 ramps soon after. One of the Shovel Ready stimulus projects IIRC. They may be less worried about that as 241 people are paying a toll and can't use the 91 toll lanes anyhow. The 91 toll lanes kinda suck as they stop at the riverside co border, so you have to deal with that poo poo there as well. I honestly think the 91 is the worst freeway in america.
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May 24, 2016 00:36
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wow, today is a two-fer Same loving moron from before with the "o1 laredo"  Count the important bits of info he forgot to post this time! (I stayed out of it. I don't need that headache. He found someone to do the install for $100 and I'm eagerly awaiting the fallout.)
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May 24, 2016 00:39
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nm posted:They may be less worried about that as 241 people are paying a toll and can't use the 91 toll lanes anyhow. For accuracy, some copy paste... "In April, 2002, the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) reached an agreement in concept to purchase the private toll road project for $207.5 million. The OCTA took possession of the Toll Road on January 3, 2003, marking the first time the 91 Express Lanes was managed by public officials. Within a few months, OCTA turned the lanes into the HOT / tollway hybrid that it is today.[43] One of the primary investors in CPTC, Cofiroute USA, continues to manage and operate the lanes under a management contract with OCTA.[44] Opening in 1995, the 91 Express Lanes is the first privately funded tollway built in the United States since the 1940s, and the first fully automated tollway in the world. The express lanes have been controversial because of a "non-compete" agreement that the state made with CPTC. The clause, which was negotiated by Caltrans and never was brought to the legislature, prevent any improvements along 30 miles (48 km) of the Riverside Freeway to ensure profit for the express lanes. This includes restricting the state from widening the free lanes or building mass transit near the freeway. CPTC filed a lawsuit against Caltrans over freeway widening related to the interchange with the Eastern Transportation Corridor interchange, which was dismissed once the purchase with OCTA was finalized.[45] Following the settlement, an additional lane was added for a 5-mile segment eastbound from SR-241 to SR-71, which has decreased usage of the toll road and revenues.[citation needed] However, as a result of the controversy, more toll road advocates favor creating local agencies similar to Transportation Corridor Agencies to build and maintain future tollways. New toll roads would be financed with tax-exempt bonds on a stand-alone basis—taxpayers would not be responsible for repaying any debt if toll revenues fall short. Also, there would be a less restrictive "non-compete" clause: they would be compensated only for any revenue loss caused by improvements near the toll roads.[46]"
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May 24, 2016 01:15
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kastein posted:More in the spirit of the original direction this thread took than bad drivers, but goddamn. I really try sometimes and I don't know why. That's ridiculous, but so is explaining what a VIN is... and a "google"
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May 24, 2016 01:47
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Just got passed by a lane-splitting biker (lane splitting isn't legal in my state) who had to be doing 120+ MPH (also not legal here, but laws are for poors and vehicles with more than three wheels apparently.) It was like I was sitting still at 70. Never before have I wanted to see someone die from their own stupidity so badly, but I know that had it happened either I or one of the other cars around me would have been blamed for it.
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May 24, 2016 03:09
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Geoj posted:Just got passed by a lane-splitting biker (lane splitting isn't legal in my state) who had to be doing 120+ MPH (also not legal here, but laws are for poors and vehicles with more than three wheels apparently.) It was like I was sitting still at 70. Around here (western Michigan) cops won't even attempt to pull over bikes going 100+. It's too dangerous. If they get your plate and you run they will just go to your house and wait for you to show up.
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May 24, 2016 04:21
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On the way home this evening on I-10, 5 lanes wide + HOV lane, and it's late enough that traffic is running about 70 in the slower lanes up to 75 in the high speed lane (speed limit is 65, but just like every other freeway in the country it's completely ignored). I see a pretty well used white GM compact sedan join the freeway from an on-ramp, and without ever pausing, or apparently looking at traffic at all, starts across all lanes of traffic at a shallow angle, going from the off-ramp to the high-speed lane (where I am) in a single continuous move, but taking 20 seconds or so to do it. Multiple people panic braked or made rapid lane changes avoiding this car. It settles down in front of me in the high-speed lane going... maybe 55mph. I flash my lights a couple of times with no effect, but traffic was pretty light so no biggy, just passed on the right. As I passed I looked over and the driver is this tiny old woman who can barely see over the dash, both hands with a death-grip on the steering wheel, and eyes fixed directly ahead. For as long as she was visible in my mirror there was a regular parade of people making rapid lane changes to go around her since she was doing 20 or so slower than the normal traffic in that lane. How do drivers like this manage to not get killed? This is one of the great mysteries of the universe.
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May 24, 2016 05:03
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ratbert90 posted:Around here (western Michigan) cops won't even attempt to pull over bikes going 100+. It's too dangerous. If they get your plate and you run they will just go to your house and wait for you to show up. Same here in Ohio, I witnessed a state highway patrolman make it through an intersection before giving up chasing a sport bike down last 4th of July. Bike flies through and highway patrol comes about 5 seconds later. Bike was at least a half mile down the road and opening before the patrolman shut off his lights off and pulled a u-turn. Bike didn't have a plate either, which seems to be more common than not where I am.
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May 24, 2016 05:06
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kastein posted:wow, today is a two-fer Honestly, I hope his jeep explodes. Mostly because he's dumb, partly because I had 3 seperate people come in and say they need a part for a jeep today alone, but just gave me xj/yj/tj/whateverthefuckj and then look at me expecting to pull something out of my rear end. Then they act like I wouldn't be able to find the right end of a hammer to hold when I make him tell me the year and model because I'm not learning jeep's bullshit. Honda owners can gently caress right off with this too. I don't know specificly what year an EK would be, I don't know off the top of my head what a B16XYZFUCKINGQ came out of and I don't care that you say it'll dust a brand new mustang 350R. Or maybe it was the idiot with an '03 jeep grand cherokee who insisted I give him straight 40 weight oil for his 4.0 so he could drive it all the way back to oregon and insisted that his friend who totally knows jeeps and drives a bunch of classic ones told him thats what he needs to run in it. Or maybe it was the idiot last friday who called looking for "brake drums" on a 2005 ford F-150. When I said that I didn't show a result for brake drums and asked them if it was possibly rotors instead, I had to describe what a brake rotor looked like. Then had to ask them how many lugs it had to narrow down WHICH rotor. Which led to explaining what a lug stud was and telling them where to find them. They counted 5. The options are 6 and 7. This person is doing their own brake job. This is the first time I ever ended a coversation with a recommendation for a mechanic without being asked first. 
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May 24, 2016 05:09
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Geoj posted:
Classy.
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May 24, 2016 06:01
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The Locator posted:How do drivers like this manage to not get killed? This is one of the great mysteries of the universe. My grandmother was one of these people. While she long ago took herself off the roads at night (and into increasingly few hours of daylight), she never did give up the keys even when the only way she could tell if she was driving "fast enough" was whether or not the speedometer needle was obscured by a bandaid she'd placed there. Yeah, I don't know how she never got plowed into either.
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May 24, 2016 06:39
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IOwnCalculus posted:My grandmother was one of these people. While she long ago took herself off the roads at night (and into increasingly few hours of daylight), she never did give up the keys even when the only way she could tell if she was driving "fast enough" was whether or not the speedometer needle was obscured by a bandaid she'd placed there. Got to work one morning and the foreman said, "Hey, I passed your grandmother on the way to work." "No, you didn't" I told him. My grans drove a big pontiac, always in excellent tune and clean as a car can be. In her 80s, she drove cross country 2 or 3 times, and told me she set the cruise at 90 "in the flat states". She knew her away around cars and told the kid that tired the ol' short stick gag to sell an empty qt of oil to be quiet and get away from her car. She once out-dragged me, on my 650 triumph. Yeah, he didn't pass my grans.
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May 24, 2016 08:26
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dee eight posted:Yeah, he didn't pass my grans. Sup competent-grandparent-driver-buddy My grandad was driving tractors before he was 10, cars not long after, swore off motorbikes after he was done for 60 in a 35 on his Velocette and got into TSD rallying. He's nearing 80 and still one of the best drivers I know, tears around country lanes in his kei van delivering the flowers and vegetables he farms because he's not ready to retire.
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May 24, 2016 10:38
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nm posted:Someone actually did that to my brother's rx-8 on a harley or goldwing or something. Yea that's a massive dick move, I do worry about doing that myself sometimes but I do only do it when traffic is stopped and I don't risk any small gaps, just ain't worth it.
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May 24, 2016 10:50
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Ineptus Mechanicus posted:"Ok, go to the back of your car. It's the bit with the tailpipe. A tailpipe is a small metal tube that smells funny when the car is running. Turn the engine on and put your mouth over the tailpipe and breathe in."
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May 24, 2016 11:19
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Elmnt80 posted:Honestly, I hope his jeep explodes. Mostly because he's dumb, partly because I had 3 seperate people come in and say they need a part for a jeep today alone, but just gave me xj/yj/tj/whateverthefuckj and then look at me expecting to pull something out of my rear end. Then they act like I wouldn't be able to find the right end of a hammer to hold when I make him tell me the year and model because I'm not learning jeep's bullshit. Honda owners can gently caress right off with this too. I don't know specificly what year an EK would be, I don't know off the top of my head what a B16XYZFUCKINGQ came out of and I don't care that you say it'll dust a brand new mustang 350R. Yeah, I hope he drinks all the green hi-c that comes out of his radiator. And people like that are the worst. I refuse to be That Guy at the parts store, if I need a part I ask for it by make/model/year/engine, and if it has a funky year split or aftermarket suppliers are confused about what years their part fits ("this brake rotor fits cherokee laredos until 2000 if they have the 2.5L, but only fits Sport package till 98" no gently caress you it fits all XJs till 99.0 and the new design fits all 99.5 and up) I'll ask for a part a year or two earlier than the point of confusion just to make sure I get the right one. Autozone must think I own 40 cars by now.
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May 24, 2016 13:00
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I missed the light coming out of my neighborhood because a guy on a motorcycle was just rolling fast enough to not fall over while looking at his cell phone. He looked up to see the light be orange, accelerated, and entered the intersection after it had turned red. He made the left turn and was back on his phone as he lane split the 3 cars in line for the next light a few hundred feet away. I guess it's legal, but whats the point? I hope the GoPro on his helmet captures nothing but evidence.
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May 24, 2016 15:27
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 Ignoring the typography, I appreciate the message.
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May 24, 2016 15:29
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Take out the "on the right" and I'd put that on my bus.
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May 24, 2016 15:36
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Got hit by another loving cyclist riding down the sidewalk (Number eight!) from behind. Absolutely demolished his front wheel and bent his fork when he hit me. I didn't get anything broken this time but he managed to do it in front of a cop who was waiting at the light as I was about to cross the street. Now he has a nice big ticket to go with his hosed ride...Karma motherfucker!
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May 24, 2016 16:49
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FogHelmut posted:I missed the light coming out of my neighborhood because a guy on a motorcycle was just rolling fast enough to not fall over while looking at his cell phone. He looked up to see the light be orange, accelerated, and entered the intersection after it had turned red. He made the left turn and was back on his phone as he lane split the 3 cars in line for the next light a few hundred feet away. I guess it's legal, but whats the point? I hope the GoPro on his helmet captures nothing but evidence. I work at a small, independent motorcycle shop and because we don't specialize in anything and will work on just about anything to pay the rent, we see some colorful characters. A few weeks ago I stayed late to work on my own bikes and these young guys came in. They all had mid-2000 1000cc bikes except one kid with a brand new fz07 that we put a new exhaust and power commander on. The fz07 kid was complaining about not being able to keep up past 130mph or something. Then came the fun part. One of the other guys pulls out his phone and starts showing everybody the video he took, on his phone, in his hand, going 140mph down I10. I really need to get a GoPro so I can show them all my "sick commuting videos" and have them be in awe of only going 10 over and never pulling my cellphone out while moving. Then I'd be one of the cool kids...
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May 24, 2016 17:00
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El Jebus posted:I work at a small, independent motorcycle shop and because we don't specialize in anything and will work on just about anything to pay the rent, [..] 
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May 24, 2016 17:25
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Got hit by another loving cyclist riding down the sidewalk (Number eight!) from behind. Absolutely demolished his front wheel and bent his fork when he hit me. I didn't get anything broken this time but he managed to do it in front of a cop who was waiting at the light as I was about to cross the street. Now he has a nice big ticket to go with his hosed ride...Karma motherfucker! What the gently caress kind of city is this?
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May 24, 2016 17:35
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nm posted:What the gently caress kind of city is this? yeah i was kinda curious how you get hit by cyclists so often. and then why you are driving on the sidewalk
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May 24, 2016 17:37
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Harvested from reddit: http://i.imgur.com/OIrwOoC.gifv 
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Presented without comment: In other news, on my bicycle commute home today, I was passing a guy who pulled out to pass a girl in front of him at the last moment, without turning his head and checking at all. In fact, he stared kinda 15 degrees to the right at all times. After I passed him I realized it was because he was on his phone, which he held in his right hand.
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Tarantula posted:Yea that's a massive dick move, I do worry about doing that myself sometimes but I do only do it when traffic is stopped and I don't risk any small gaps, just ain't worth it. Funny you should say this, I just ended up doing it today, so have some video of me doing it (because i'm stuck in a stupid meeting, and imovie is more fun) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7rpFK4fiZA In my experience, the most dangerous part of lanesplitting is the angry cagers that feel its appropriate to try and mow you down for it. My commuter has panniers and is pretty wide. You can get by just fine without hitting people if you pay attention. If you do, you're responsible and should take care of it.
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May 24, 2016 18:03
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nm posted:What the gently caress kind of city is this? One of the many where cyclists feel it's okay to ride in a place reserved for pedestrians. I've never actually been hit, but I've had dozens of very close calls. Riding on the sidewalk and not giving way to pedestrians (by which I mean, if you're on a bike on the sidewalk, go walking-speed instead of passing pedestrians) is very irresponsible.
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May 24, 2016 18:17
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nm posted:What the gently caress kind of city is this? Berkeley California. I don't drive around the city much, everything I need is in walking distance.
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May 24, 2016 19:03
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Berkeley California. I don't drive around the city much, everything I need is in walking distance.
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May 24, 2016 19:08
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What tragedy befell you that you ended up in Berkeley?
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May 24, 2016 19:08
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Here are a couple of different ones from my daily commute. Nothing major, just your everyday idiocy. I would have had more, but misunderstood how the "lock file" button my dashcam works. Apparently you have to press it *twice* to actually lock the video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4nzN6pQQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJSqzRQf7i4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUX5pYkZLk8
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Berkeley California. I don't drive around the city much, everything I need is in walking distance. People who bike on sidewalks are dumb, and I won't defend it. However, better bike infastructure will generally help with that, even with lovely college studebts.
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